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~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.

That's Hard to Beat - Monday, October 21, 1963

Evelyn got an orchid from Jim on Saturday (no special occasion) and today she got a dozen roses. That's hard to beat. Hans teases Evelyn and says a vicious rumor has it that they're about to become engaged. Margie has mono, they found out, although it's not in the contagious stage. She dropped seven hours (social problems and both education courses) and will have to commute from the health center, staying there at night for the next three weeks. I wrote to Phyl. Mine to Mrs. Cowan was 45 cents airmail! I should write to Marilyn and Grandma and Grandpa.

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